Communications Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad stated in the Parliament on 4th August 2014 that the Government got a total of Rs. 35,792 crores from the telecom companies during the last three years. The income for the three years are as below: Rs. 11,396.2 crore (2011-12), Rs. 11,439.27 crore ( 2012-13) Rs. 12,957 crore (2013-14).

This includes the amount paid by the BSNL and MTNL also.